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An LA-led, public-private partnership pitches a $150B green infrastructure package to Congress

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Of that, $10 billion will go toward solar and energy storage projects designed to make grids more resistant to climate-related catastrophes like extreme weather events, wildfires and other disasters. The funding would include $20 billion for utility upgrades.

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Startups have about $1 trillion worth of reasons to love the Biden infrastructure plan

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The sweeping infrastructure package put forward today by President Joe Biden comes with a price tag of roughly $2 trillion (and hefty tax hikes) but gives startups and the broader tech industry about $1 trillion worth of reasons to support it. ” Climate resiliency . Given the steady drumbeat of climate disasters that hit the U.S.

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Accelerators & Incubators: An Entrepreneur’s Point of View

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Thinking about applying to or ever wondered what its like taking part of an accelerator or incubation program? Mark Evans, VP of Engineering & Co-founder at NetPlenish (a 500 Startups funded company) NetPlenish is price comparison meets automatic replenishment for the things you buy over and over again.

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Why District2 Is Creating An Online Marketplace For The Fashion Industry

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co), to learn District2 is looking to both create a marketplace, and a community, around independent fashion designers, helping them to find resources, vendors, factories, and contractors help them bring their designs to life, and help the whole industry move into the modern age. We help apparel designers connect with factories.

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Accelerators & Incubators: An Entrepreneur’s Point of View

Tech Zulu Event

Thinking about applying to or ever wondered what its like taking part of an accelerator or incubation program? Mark Evans, VP of Engineering & Co-founder at NetPlenish (a 500 Startups funded company) NetPlenish is price comparison meets automatic replenishment for the things you buy over and over again.

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Be Great Fest | Celebrating Los Angeles’ Startup Ecosystem

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17, entrepreneurs, investors, civic leaders and other key players in the tech industry will gather at the historic Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, Calif. s tech scene by the city’s own incubator-accelerator Be Great Partners. Although the Startup Genome Project named Los Angeles the No. Be Great Fest is intended to unite them.

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Snap’s Yellow accelerator debuts its third batch of investments

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Wabisabi Design : an augmented reality game studio focused on bit-sized titles. Stipop : a rich cross-platform chat sticker API. TRASH : an app for quickly editing social video cuts using machine learning. Veam : a social network built around AirDrop. Yesterday, I got the opportunity to chat with Mike Su, who leads the Yellow program at Snap.

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